Spare-tire holder.



A. PRESOHL.

SPARE TIRE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00115, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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WITNESSES" INVEHTOR HT TORHEY A. PRESUHL.

SPARE TIRE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.15 ,1913

1,098, 1 03. Patented May 26, 1914.

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ALFRED FRESCHL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SPARE-TIRE HOLDER.

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clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, whicih form a part of this specification.

-This invention relates to spare tire holders, and has for its object a spare tire holder that does away with straps and which may be applied to tires of any size. The tire may be locked in place so as to prevent theft.

In the drawings: Figure 1, is a plan view of the holder showing a half section of the tire, the tire and holder being shown in position for the insertion of the former. Fig. 2, is a plan view of the holder showing the same holding the tire. Fig. 3, is a section on the line AA of Fig. 2, the tire being shown in dotted lines. There is also a dotted-line showing of the holder in the position to which it can be opened to allow insertion of the tire. Fig. 4:, is a sectional detail of the lock that I employ. Fig. 5, is an enlarged side elevation of two adjacent half-ring elements, one carrying the lock.

The spare tire holder may be carried upon the running board a of an automobile, or, of course, it might be carried in other positions. Two upright arms 6 and c are pivotally supported in the clips 0 by laterally projecting studs (Z. However, any other hinging connection might be used. These arms are preferably bent to follow the arc'of the tire for some distance. At the top of each is either one or more half-rings which are adapted to partially encircle and hold the tire and which will be termed the half-ring elements merely for the purpose of description and not limitation. A pair of half-rings f is shown in the drawings, as the spare tire holder illustrated is intended to hold two tires. A second half-ring element 9 is at tachcd to the lock j which is, held on the end of the tube The half-ring elements that are attached to the upright arms are connected, a rack or transverse member It being fastened to the left half-ring element shown in the drawings and a. tube 11 being attachedto the right halfring element, shownin the drawings.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 15, 1913.

the end of the tube 2'.

Patented May 26, 1914. Serial No. 795,195.

The rack h telescopes into the tube 13 (Fig. 4). However, this is not essential, for a bar might be used in place of the tube and the two held together by the lock element. This 50 lock element is shown at j (Fig. 4) and comprises a casing that is screw-threaded onto The rack it passes through a slot in the casing and into the tube 2'. The inside of the lock element is 5 preferably recessed for a Yale lock provided with. the usual cylinder is and the divided plungers Z. The side of the cylinder near the inside end is cut away as at m. A pawl n is pressed against the teeth of the rack 72. by the spring 0. The pawl lies just at the side of the cylinder is when it is in engagement with the teeth of the rack. However, when the cylinder is given a half revolution by insorting the proper key, as p, the cut-away portion m comes adjacent the pawl n. The pawl, however still engages the rack by reason of the spring '0, but by turning the lever arm 9, which is fast to the pin w the pawl may be released so that the rack may be slid into the tube 6. This it can do by reason of the pivoting of the arm 0 and by reason of its pivotal connection to the halfring elements supported by the arm 0.

Inasmuch as the rack h and the cross as element i are both pivoted to the supporting arms, they may be moved relatively. Hence, when the tire is inserted as shown in Fig. l and the lock has been turned by the insertion of the key and the pawl has been lifted by the lever, the half-ring element 9 may be thrust toward the left half-ring element 7 to clamp the tire and hold it in place. It is therefore apparent that the holder adjusts itself to the size of the tire and that it so locks the tire in that the same cannot be stolen without breaking some of the parts.

What I claim is:

1. A spare tire holder, having in combination, a pair of pivotally supported arms, 106 a half ring element supported on the free end of each arm, a cross element supported on the free end of one arm, a transverse member supported on the free end of the other arm, the said cross element and the said transverse member being arranged to lie adjacent each other in variousrelative relations and to be separable from each other, a third half ring element supported by the cross element and transverse member, 110 and means for fixing said third half ring element in a definite relation with respect to said element and member and with respect to one of the other half ring elements.

2. A spare tire holder, having in combination, a pair of pivotally supported arms, a half ring element supported on the free end of each arm, a transverse member pivoted on the end of one arm, a. cross element pivoted on the end of the other arm the said cross element and the said transverse element slidably engaging With each other and being separable With respect to each other a third hall ring element carried on the cross element, and locking means carried on the cross element for locking the cross element with respect to the transverse element so as to hold the third halt ring element in fixed relation with one of the other half ring elements.

3. The combination of a hal'fring element, a rack connected therewith, a second half-ring element, one o'l. said haltring elements being pivotal]; supported, a cross ele ment attached. to the second halt-ring element, and a third haltring element carried on the end of the element and iixablein selected positions with respect to the firstmentioned half-ring element by engaging the teeth of said rack, substantially as de scribed.

4-. The con'ibination of a half-ring element, a rack connected thercwit a second half-ring element one of said hai t-ring ele ments being pivctally supported, a cross element connected therewitl'i and slidably engaging with said rack, a third l'1alti'iiig element attached to the cross elen'ient and locking means on said third halt'ring ment for fixing the relative positions of the rack and the cross element so as to clamp a tire in place,substantially as described.

5-The combination with a half-ring element, a rack connected therewith, a second half-ring element, one of the said halt-ring elements being pivotall v supported, a cross element attached to the said second halfring element, a third halt-ring element attached to the cross element, a rack held in slidable 'engagoment with respect to the cross element and connected with the first half-ring element, and a pawl-held on said third half-ring element for fixing the relation of the third halt-ring element with respect to the first half-ring element when the awl engages the teeth of the rack, substan tially as described.

6. The combination of a half-ring element, at second half-ring element, one of said half-ring elements being pivotally supported, a rack connected with the first half-ring element, a cross element being attached to the second half-ring element, the rack and cross element being held in slidable relation, a third hal'tq'ing element carried on the cross element, a pawl carriedon the third halt-ring element and normally engaging the teeth of the rack, and a lock for preventing the pawl being lifted from the teeth of the rack when the lock is set, substantially as described.

7. "he combination of a half-ring element, a second haltring element one of the first-mentioned h altering elements being piv otally supported, a rack attached. to the first halt-ring element, a cross element connected with the second half-ring element, a third halt-ring element carried on the cross element, said cross element and rack being held'dn slidable arrangement, a pawl caron the, third half-ring element and normally engaging the teeth of the rack, a lever for lifting the pawl out of the teeth and a lock for preventing the pavvl from being lifted out of the teeth whenthe lock is set, substantially as described.

8. The combination ofarhalf-ring element, a second half-ring element, one of said half ring elements being pivotally support ed, a rack connected-to the first half-ring element a cross element in the form of a tube connected to the second halt-ring element, a third halt-ring element attached, to the end of the cross tube and being recessed, said rack passing through the recess and into the tube, a pawl spring-pressed against the teeth of the rack within the recess of the third halt-ring element, means for lifting the pawl out of the teeth against the resistance of the spring and a lock provided with a revolving barrel having a cut-away portion, whereby when the lock is in a given position the pawl may be lifted and released from the rack and when the lock is set the pawl i prevented from being lifted from the rack, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence oi? two witnesses.

ALFRED FRESCHL. Witnesses STUART C. BARNES, l /Lminrrri E. RUDD. 

